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Yes, I love Star Trek, but I also love Star Wars and a new iPhone Star Wars iPhone game is coming to us fans & iPhone/iPod Touch owners. Star Wars: Trench Run. Developed by Infrared5 and distributed by THQ Wireless Inc., you can fly through the trench of the Death Star just like Luke Skywalker from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and get the chance to blow the sucker up. Check here for a video of the game play.

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Star Wars: Trench Run will be available at the iTunes store for $4.99. See below for a list of features of the iPhone / iPod Touch version:

  • Force Power: Slow down time and increase agility using the Force to bring TIE fighters into shooting range, and to dodge obstacles while flying down the trench.
  • Breathtaking 3D Experience: Incredible 3-D graphics based on the original Star Wars movie.
  • Amazing Special Effects: Vivid lighting, advanced shaders, explosions and incredible lifelike models.
  • Authentic Star Wars Music and Sound Effects: Combined with real movie footage for complete immersion into the Star Wars universe.
  • True-Life Flight: Accelerometer controls with life-like physics.
  • Addictive Game Play: Ever increasing challenges, and tons of replay value.
  • Multiple Points of View: Featuring both chase cam and cockpit modes.
  • Mission Mode: With storyboards, music and dialogue from the original Star Wars movie.
  • Arcade Modes: For increased re-playability, includes both Trench Run and Dog Fighting modes.
  • Multiple Difficulty Levels: From Easy to Jedi.
  • Optimized Gaming Experience: To work on the 3G, with special graphical features for the 3GS, iPod Touch 2nd Gen and future devices.
  • Leader Boards: Players compete against others across the world for the top spot. Find out who are the true Jedi.

  • Last week I was on a podcast about the new movie Zombieland. You can listen to the main podcast here from Sci-Fi Party Line, which is all about Zombieland, and then you can listen to the Sci-Fi After Party podcast here where we talked further about other shows like Stargate Universe, Doctor Who, and Fringe. Thanks to Cat and Eric for having me on and I look forward to joining you again!

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    Robert Llewellyn, Kryten on the BBC sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf, just announced on Twitter that Series 10 is COMING! The scripts have been commissioned and they filming won’t start until sometime in 2010. Below is his tweet:

    @bobbyllew Series 10 of Red Dwarf announcement just been made at DJ 09. To clarify the scripts have been commissioned, wont be filming til 2010

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    This is GREAT news for all Red Dwarf fans! I’m sure more news will be coming, but probably not too soon.

    Robert Llewellyn on Twitter
    Danny John-Jules on Twitter (The Cat)
    Official Red Dwarf site


    UPDATE 10/11/2009: Robert Llewellyn tweeted this morning that this is still not official yet…

    @bobbyllew Want to re-state that UKTV, aka Dave have commissioned Doug Naylor to write scripts, still a long way to go before it’s all official

    All of us Red Dwarf fans will be hoping to see a new series! And until it’s all official, we’ll have to just wait and see!

    Star Trek – The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise from the original Saturday Night Live (the best ones).

    Thanks to my friend @FancyFembot/@SciFiPartyLine for this info… The new logo for the new Doctor Who.

    Also, over at SciFi Wire, they have a post on which Doctor Who logo is cooler. I never got into the older series, but watched all of them with the logo used for Doctor #9 (Christopher Eccleston) & Doctor #10 (David Tennant). So I prefer that one.

    I’m not sure if I want to see a new Doctor (Matt Smith – #11). I really live David Tennant as The Doctor. I really, really do. I will miss him. I’ll enjoy the last few episodes with him.